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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1963
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is issued by Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont with daily distribution except Sundays and holidays.
Editorial notes a Shaftsbury meeting tentatively forming the Green Mountain Patriots to promote patriotism and constitutional government while criticizing the Supreme Court ruling on school religious observances. The piece mocks newcomers and labels dissent as communist-like, amid calls for organized social change in Bennington area.
The piece argues against labeling dissent as enemy activity and defends broad tolerance for political and religious opinions. It notes Supreme Court support for tolerance, local religious institutions ready to educate, and two major political parties seeking engaged citizens, questioning the aims of a new patriotic society.
Washington notes the strategy of Southern segregationists to slow civil rights progress by delaying legislation and provoking Northern backlash. Mississippi leaders deny trouble, cite growth, while battles over schools, unions, and justice persist amid threats, arrests, and a 1960s political clash. Major figures include Gov. Ross Barnett, Claude Ramsay, Aaron Henry, and NAACP links.
The state of Vermont has finalized plans to purchase about 240 acres from M. J. Burrington property in Woodford near Red Mills Pond for public camping. The pond covers roughly 27 acres with an earth dam enlarging it, and the area promises future development similar to Emerald Lake in Dorset.
Book 212 pages Farrar, Straus and Company New York City. Bernard Malamud’s The Assistant stars as a collection of eleven short stories plus a scene from an unfinished play. The volume centers on underdog figures whose inner lives, struggles, and relations drive the plots with stark humanity.
The article questions NASA's tolerance of astronauts seeking private profit. It notes Commander Alan B. Shepard Jr joining Texas investors to buy a $1.3 million controlling stake in a Houston area bank and joining its board with NASA’s reluctant approval. It argues the move tarnishes NASA’s image and public trust.
A rustic memory from Newton F Tolman’s Our Loons Are Always Laughing recalls two steam mill boys late to class after encountering a hedgehog. Their teacher’s animal kindness lesson clashes with village hardiness as the younger boy bluntly describes the hedgehog’s fate.
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